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Method

Heat oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas 8. Smear some butter all over a 23cm cake tin or ovenproof frying pan. Melt the butter in a separate pan. Tip in the onion and cook over a gentle heat for 5 mins until softened.

Meanwhile tip all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Beat together the buttermilk and eggs in a separate bowl, then stir in the buttery onions. Pour over the dry ingredients and mix together until just combined and you have a batter.

Pour the batter into the cake tin or frying pan and smooth the top with a knife. Bake for 25 mins until golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 mins, then turn out, cut into wedges and serve. You can make up to 2 days ahead and store in an airtight container, or freeze for up to 1 month.

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Comments, questions and tips

This is the first time I have had a 'bad' experience with a BBC Good Food recipe. The cornbread was dense and too salty. I usually follow a recipe from All Recipes, but decided to try this as my experience with BBC recipes have been excellent so far. Very disappointing.

michelleemoran

18th Dec, 2014

5.05

I loved this. I'd never tried cornbread before, wasn't sure what to expect, but I was absolutely delighted with the finished product. Lovely on its own or soaking up the juices from a stew.

debrat

12th Feb, 2014

Interesting. Not sure I liked the onion with it. I love polenta (cornmeal) and it's bit like savoury polenta cake so thought I would love this but am in 2 minds! I thought I had mixture wrong as it says smooth top with a knife & it was a liquid batter that didn't/couldn't be 'smoothed'. So I kept it in for 35 mins just in case. But it came out cake-like just like the pic! Nice thou with a veg stew I made. Next time I might leave out onions and use Parmesan and try other cornbread for comparison.

Bob Dale

11th Jan, 2014

I am definitely going to use this recipe for the base batter. I like my cornbread with some pancetta and feta cheese cubes inside. You should try that.

julesthenorweegie

27th Mar, 2013

5.05

Absolutely delicious, especially straight from the oven!
I managed to only use half of the (butter)milk suggested (300 ml) but it still came out great after 35 minutes of baking. I will definitely make this again with the right amount of milk next time. Gorgeous :D
You can see how mine turned out here:
http://julesthenorweegie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/cornbread.html

lavendercupcakes

26th Mar, 2013

1.05

I could no find my usual recipe for cornbread and so tried this one. Not very impressed. Like a number of other users, the final product was heavy and very stoggy. I did follow the recipe to the letter but not sure why they did not turn out like the picture.

lawnor

6th Feb, 2013

5.05

I made these 2 days in advance and reheated them in the oven for 10-15 minutes before serving along with the mexican chicken stew from this site. The bread was the star of the show. Its delcious with something to mop up.

jocampbell1

3rd Nov, 2012

4.05

This was good! I added half a teaspoon of chilli flakes and half a teaspoon of dried mixed herbs. I forgot to add the sugar but I didn't notice it in the taste (i don't have a sweet tooth and there's plenty of sugar in the buttermilk). I will make this again to go with chilli.

avray1967

26th Sep, 2012

5.05

Very good, cooked perfectly in time stated for fan oven. I use it as an accompaniment in the place of rice when I'm making very hot chili, so it needs to be nice and solid and a tiny bit bland to stop the top of my head blowing off. Perfect.

ca9sbr

23rd Jun, 2012

5.05

Easy to make and scrumptious

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